Hi! There's the next part! TGP is the next episode... This episode is gonna be in two chapters... I hope you'll like the first part!

~Kelly~


Chapter 7: Tori Goes Platinum: Part 1

Jade started knocking Beck's door forcefully. "I'm coming!" She heard Beck shouting from inside. That didn't stop her, as she continued knocking the door.

Beck opened the door slowly and looked at her confused. She smiled at him and got in his RV. Beck yawned and closed the door, following her. Jade sat on his bed and stared at him smiling.

"Jade... It's six in the morning..." He muttered, as he kept staring at her confused, with his eyes ready to close again.

"Don't fall asleep!" Jade shouted at him and made his eyes widen. "I have news." She stated calmly.

"What kind of news?" He asked her yawning again. He approached her and sat on his bed next to her. "So?" He asked her again curiously rubbing his eyes.

"Okay... Do you remember that I told you about the Platinum Awards? About that Ginger Fox who had performed last year?" She asked him. Beck nodded, as he was trying not to yawn again. "Well... They didn't know who they were gonna pick for the next year and today I learned that they're gonna have auditions! Isn't that amazing? They want someone talented to perform live! I want so bad to be that person who will perform!" She exclaimed full of hope. "There are rumors that they are gonna pick someone from Hollywood Arts!" Jade added happily.

"Good." Beck mumbled and leaned to Jade. He rested his head on her shoulder and slowly closed his eyes.

Jade looked at him and frowned. She shook her shoulder. "Beck!" She shouted at him.

"Uh? What?" Beck muttered.

"Can you please act like you're interested?" Jade asked him bitterly.

Beck groaned and stood up. "I'm gonna make coffee. It seems like I'm not gonna sleep anymore..." He stated sadly and turned around.

"Make me one, too!" Jade told him.

-At school-

Beck was leaning against his locker, his eyes closed, half-sleeping and half-listening to Andre talking to him about the Platinum Awards.

"Are you even listening to me, man?" Andre's voice echoed in his head.

Beck opened his eyes. "What? Yeah... Sorry, man... But Jade woke me up at six in the morning to tell me the news... I just want to..." He yawned. "... sleep a little..."

Andre chuckled. "I got it... She didn't let you sleep at all?" He asked him smiling.

"Nope..." Beck replied and looked at him. Andre smirked. "Wait. What are you thinking of? That me and Jade... Oh, no... She was just talking to me for two hours..." He explained quickly.

"Oh..." Andre muttered and turned to look at Tori, who was approaching them happily.

"Guys! Guys! Guys! You can't imagine what I just learned!" She exclaimed happily.

"We know." Andre and Beck said simultaneously.

Tori frowned. "You do?" She asked them sadly.

Andre and Beck nodded. "You were gonna say about the Platinum Awards, weren't you?" Andre asked her.

Tori nodded. "Yeah, we know it. I learned it at six in the morning." Beck stated bitterly.

"How?" Tori asked him curiously.

"Jade woke me up and told me so." Beck answered.

Cat reached them bouncing. "Did you guys learn the news?" She asked them.

"Yes." Tori answered.

"Isn't that amazing?" Cat exclaimed happily.

"Yeah! I'm so nervous!" Tori replied.

"I know! I want so bad to be chosen!" Andre agreed.

"Me too!" Cat added happily.

"Yeah... Whatever..." Beck muttered and closed his eyes again, leaning to Andre's locker and trying not to sleep, but to rest a little...

"Beck! What's wrong with you?" Jade asked him.

Beck opened his eyes suddenly and looked at her confused. "When did you come?" He asked her.

"Now. Andre, Tori and Cat went to Sikowitz's class and they're waiting for him. Coming?" She asked him.

"Babe, I'm sorry but I'm very tired. I'm going to the janitor's closet to sleep a little. Come and wake me up when the period finish. Okay?" He told her.

"Sure, babe... I just don't understand why you're tired..." She wondered and walked away.

Beck rolled his eyes and sighed, as he was walking to the janitor's closet.

-Lunch time-

Beck and Jade reached their table and sat with their friends. "Hey." Beck greeted them.

"Hi!" Cat squealed happily.

"You awake?" Andre asked him.

"Yup. I'm fine." He answered and sat next to his friend. Jade sat next to him.

"So? Are you gonna audition for the Platinum Awards?" Tori asked them.

"No. I don't think that it's useful. It's just the Platinum Music Awards. Only ten billion people watch them every year. Why would someone want to perform there?" Jade answered sarcastically.

Tori rolled her eyes. "Very clever." She commented bitterly.

"Thanks." Jade muttered and took a sip of her coffee.

"What about the others?" Tori asked the rest.

"I wanna be at the Platinum Awards!" Cat squealed happily.

"So do I." Andre agreed.

"I wanna be at the PMA's, too." Robbie said hopefully.

"There's no way they're gonna pick you." Jade commented looking at Robbie.

"You know... You don't have to ruin everybody's dreams..." Beck told her.

"Thanks, Beck. So, you believe that they're gonna pick me, right?" Robbie asked him.

"Nope." Beck replied. Robbie frowned and looked at his food.

-Jade's house-

Jade turned the camera off and connected it with her laptop. She copied the video from her camera to one of her files and sent it to the producers of the Platinum Awards. She closed her laptop and grabbed her cell phone, since she heard it ringing.

"What?"

"Hello Jadey!" Cat's voice answered.

"Cat! I've told you a billion times not to call me Jadey!" Jade shouted at her.

"Sorry..." Cat mumbled and continued. "I wanted to ask you something."

"What?" Jade snapped at her.

"What song did you send for the audition?"

"Not your business." Jade replied.

"But... Jade! Wait! I wanna kno-" Jade hung up. She threw her phone at her bed and sighed.

-The Next Day-

Beck knocked Jade's house's door. He heard footsteps and soon Jade was standing in front of him. She was wearing her pajamas and her hair was messed up. She rubbed her eyes and looked at him confused.

"Beck?"

"Good morning." Beck told her and got in the house without her permission.

"Excuse me? But... did you hear me saying 'Come in, Beck!'?" She asked him bitterly.

"Nope." Beck replied and sat on her couch, resting his legs at the table in front of him.

"It's six in the morning!" Jade exclaimed angrily.

"So?" Beck asked her.

"I wanna sleep!" Jade answered.

"Aww... Too bad." Beck replied bitterly.

"Why are you doing that?" Jade asked him.

"What?" Beck asked her innocently.

"Why are you here?" Jade asked him, still standing with the door open.

"Oh! Because I want you to know how I felt yesterday..." Beck stated.

"Okay... I understand. Now, let me sleep." Jade told him.

"Nope." Beck told her.

"It wasn't a question." Jade stated.

"I don't care." Beck replied.

Jade sighed and closed the door. "Okay..." She muttered and walked to Beck. She sat next to him on the couch. "So... What are we gonna do until eight?" She asked him.

"I'm gonna talk to you about the new movie that comes out this Thursday." Beck announced.

"Does it have blood?" Jade asked him. Beck just shook his head. "Violence?" She asked him again.

"Nope. It's about two people falling in love for the first time... Typical romance with some drama..." Beck stated.

"Eww!"

"What? Don't you like it? Aren't you interested?" Beck asked her. "Too bad. I'm gonna talk to you about this movie for the next two hours..." He added smiling evily.

Jade groaned and and rested her legs on Beck's lap. "Just start talking. I'm ready for my punishment." She mumbled.

Beck chuckled and started talking to her. Jade slowly closed her eyes, but she immediately opened them when she heard Beck. "Don't fall asleep!"

-At school-

Jade closed her locker and looked at Tori, as she started bouncing and laughing.

But, of course, Tori had to be chosen. 'Cause she was just perfect. She always too the lead, she was chosen first for the performances at Hollywood Arts' events, she was the best. Before Tori, Jade used to be the first, the best at everything. But when Tori came, she was Miss Perfect. She was gentle and kind. She was sweet. And, the most important, she was talented. Jade was talented, too. But her attitude made her always the second best option. Jade was mean and demanding. She always insulted the people she was working with, unlike Tori, who everyone wanted to work with.

Jade rolled her eyes and approached Tori. She faked a smile and told her, "Congrats. You'll be amazing at the Platinum Awards."

"Thanks." Tori replied happily.

Jade felt Beck's hand on her shoulder. She didn't turn around to look at him. She knew it was him. She understood it from the squeeze he gave her. Besides, no one else would ever dare to touch her shoulder.

Beck knew that Jade was deep broken. He knew it because everytime Tori was chosen over her for something, she used to cry to his RV. Beck would wipe her eyes and tell her that she was as talented as Tori. And that Tori was just lucky. But Tori had been lucky many times...

Jade cleared her throat and walked to the janitor's closet. Beck smiled at Tori and followed his girlfriend. They got in the janitor's closet, when Jade sat on the floor and started crying. It was a silent crying. Even Beck couldn't hear it. He sighed and sat next to her. He caressed her back and passed his arm around her shoulders. He pulled her closer and kissed her head.

"It's okay babe..." He whispered to her ear.

"No, it's not. But, I had to know it..." Jade chuckled bitterly. "There was no way I would be chosen when Tori had auditioned, too..." She added sadly. Beck bit his bottom lip.

What Beck admired about Jade, was the fact that she wasn't weak. At all. She was the strongest person Beck had ever met. Everytime Tori was chosen for something, Jade didn't let anyone to know how she felt. She just made a sarcastic comment, or a joke and she acted like she didn't matter. But when Beck and Jade were alone, she was letting her emotions out. The times that Jade had filled Beck's shirt with her tears were many, but not in front of others. Only Beck knew that side of Jade.

When Jade congratulated Tori, she seemed so relaxed and comfortable. She seemed like she didn't care. Like everything was normal. And everyone thought so. But only Beck could see the hurt and the pain in her eyes. Only Beck could understand that Jade was suffering inside.

Beck was afraid of something. Nothing could scare Beck, only one thing. When Tori got the lead at a play, only a week after she entered Hollywood Arts, Jade tried hard not to kill her. No one understood that, only Beck. Like always. That day, a fear grew inside of him, watching Jade at that condition. He thought that Jade would actually burst while she tried to hold her emotions inside of her. That day, when school was over, he took Jade at his RV and he forced her to let her tears out. To curse, to cry, to punch the wall, to reveal her feelings... From that day, Beck could understand when Jade needed to cry. From that day, everytime Jade hid her feelings, Beck would take her to his RV and let her ruin his shirt with her tears. It was a habit.

"C'mon babe... You're better and you know it. Please..." He whispered to her ear.

"I know that I'm better. I'm more talented than her. But I'm talented and mean. Tori's talented yet sweet, polite... I can't take it." She stated.

Beck sighed. "I know... But you have to live with it." He told her. He wiped some tears from her cheek with his thump and kissed her cheek.

"I know." Jade muttered and fixed her hair.

Beck took a deep breath and stood up. He gave Jade his hand and helped her stand up, too.

"Ready?" He asked her. Jade nodded.

Beck opened the door and felt Jade's hand sliding on his. He held Jade's hand tight and closed the door behind them. They approached Andre and Cat, who were standing near Andre's locker.

"Hey there!" Andre greeted them.

"Hey." Jade replied bitterly. Beck gave her hand a squeeze.

"Where's Tori?" Beck asked them.

"Well... The producer invited her to his office to talk about the details. Isn't that amazing? Tori's chosen!" Cat exclaimed happily.

"Yeah... It's amazing..." Jade agreed. "And predictable." She added so silently that only Beck heard it and frowned.

"Where were you?" Andre asked Beck and Jade.

"We... we were at the janitor's closet." Beck replied.

"What were you doing in there?" Andre asked them suspiciously.

"Um... You know..." Beck tried to find a good excuse, but stopped.

"We were making out." Jade replied casually.

"Yeah..." Beck agreed.

"Oh... It's not surprise..." Andre commented smiling.

"Whatever." Jade stated rolling her eyes. "I'm hungry." She muttered.

"Me too." Cat agreed.

"Let's go at Nozu to eat." Beck suggested.

"Yay! I love sushi!" Cat squealed happily and ran to the door. She exited the house. Jade, Beck and Andre kept staring at the door confused. Suddenly, Cat appeared again. "C'mon!" She ordered them.

"Right." Jade muttered and started walking to Cat. Beck and Andre followed her.


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